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NECK WEAR FASTENER.

' No. 332,923. Patented Dec;22, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. MARVIN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

NECK-WEAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,923, dated December 22, 1885. Application filed February 14, 1885. Renewed December 2, 1885. Serial No. 184,506. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. MARVIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Neck- Wear Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a neck-wear fastener that is attachable and detachable at will to any scarf, necktie, or other like neck-wear to prevent them from slipping up sidewise or twist ing. It is designed to be inserted up between the collar and neckband of the shirt and engage with the collar-button shank. It cannot lose off. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my invention, made of a single piece of (preferably spring) wire. Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 is an inverted view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the device in position on a scarf.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A is a central depression for engaging with the collar-button shank from below to prevent neck-wear to which it may be attached from slipping up or sidewise.

B B are outwardlyextending arms to give width to the device, so as to prevent the neckwear to which it is attached from twisting, and, together with the depression A, are flattened to adapt its better insertion between the collar and neckband of the shirt, where it engages with the collar-button.

G G are inwardly-inclined legs, which are expanded in the operation of attaching the device to neck-wear, and are formed thus to give them a spring or contracting power, whereby to hold the device firmly when attached to neck-wear.

D D are curved or inflected set-offs to form a recess for the collar and admit the device being inserted up between the collar and neckband of the shirt, to form part of the engaginghooks and to prevent the neck-wear twisting by coming in contact with the collar either side the neck-wear might be inclined to twist.

E E are engaging-hooks for grasping the scarf-shield or fabric ofthe neck-wear and holding the device thereto.

F F are upwardlyextending arms with pointed ends on a plane parallel with said legs 0 O, which serve as braces to hold the device in position and to puncture the scarf-shield or neck-wear fabric for attachment, said arms being slanted outwardly to facilitate attaching thedevice to neck-wear.

In operation my invention is attached to the back of the neck-wear centrally, so that the arms B B come nearly even with the top thereof, or so that the depression A will come a little above the top, as the wearer may wish to cover or expose the collar-button. In attaching it I expand the legs to a little past a perpendicular, then insert the points into the neck-wear, and press them in until the hooks spring into place.

In adj usti-ng the neck-wear to the collar the device is inserted up between the collar and neckband of the shirt, so that the depression A will engage with the collar-button shank.

Having described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described neck-wear fastener consisting of the central depression, A, and arms B B,-flattened, spring-legs O O, curved or inflected set-offs D D, engaging-hooks E E, and braces with pointed ends F F, substantially as set forth, and for the purposes specified.

- GEORGE H. MARVIN. Witnesses:

H. O. WADSWORTH, FRED W. SMITH. 

